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Reasons of a chronic acidosis
Nutrition

Today’s usual diet provides a significant acid surplus. This may partly be assigned to today’s foodstuffs with reduced contents of essential alkaline compounds (organically bound minerals). However, the increased consumption of animal protein (meat, fish, and eggs) and of cereal products and the significantly decreased intake of fresh fruits, vegetables and salads, contributes to the rise in acid load.

Sour taste is not equal to acid
Nutrition is crucial for acid-base balance. Frequently, foodstuffs with sour taste and acidic pH are misleadingly assumed to be acid generating. This is definitely not true. The reason is quite simple: Since the sensory nerves on our tongue recognize only acids and not alkali, we are simply not able to sense alkali.Fruits with sour taste such as citrons are abundantly stuffed with bases like organically bound minerals. We are not able to sense them but they are responsible for the alkaline effect in our bodies. With the consumption of fruits, the additionally contained fruity acids such as citric acid, dominate our taste. As these organic acids are entirely decomposed in metabolism, they do not burden acid-base balance. The organic mineral compounds in fruits, vegetables and salads are responsible for the alkaline effect. These are especially minerals such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, and calcium bound to citrate. When metabolized, these organically bound minerals consume acid, thereby decreasing total acid load. Consequently, the alkaline effect of foods significantly depends on the mineral content.
Nutrients with acid generating properties predominantly contain protein. This is due to the high content of sulphur in proteins decomposed to sulphuric acid. Also phosphorus and chloride

are acid generating constituents (phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid). It’s understood that such strong acids are not present in blood or tissue, but are immediately neutralised by the buffer system. If the buffer system (cf.Regulation) is excessively strained, the overall buffering capacity is decreased with the typical consequences of chronic acidosis.
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Fasting and dieting

Weight reduction by a decrease of caloric intake as well as full abstinence from solid food while fasting is known to provoke critical alterations of acid-base balance. Because the organism is pressed to fall back on the energy reserves, fat deposits are released. This may be hoped for but the generation of ketoacids, as emerged from the oxidation of fatty acids, is increased thus impairing metabolism. This may result in a pronounced acidosis (ketoacidosis) with rather impaired total metabolic function. Typical “dieting or fasting crises” which appear in most cases after a few days, are one of the unpleasant consequences of ketoacidosis.Successful dieting or fasting is achieved if giving awareness to compensate the additional acid production by an adequate intake of fruits, vegetables and salads. Otherwise alkaline food supplements like Basica® may be appropriate if intake of the above mentioned foodstuffs might be forbidden with the diet.

Physical and mental strain

Stress, physical and mental strains may interfere with the harmony of acid-base balance. As a consequence, acid load clearly rises, resulting in long-term chronic acidosis without any counter measures.

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